English
affricate
Affricate comes from Latin affricātus ‘rubbed’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffricātus‘rubbed’
- Englishtodayaffricate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffricātus‘rubbed’
- Englishtodayaffricate
A compound of -ic- + fricō ‘to rub’ + affricō ‘to rub on or against something’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- ‘to cut’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-o-s
Proto-Italic *frios
Latin friō ‘to crumble, rub, or break into pieces’
Latin fricō ‘to rub’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- ‘to cut’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-o-s
Proto-Italic *frios
Latin friō ‘to crumble, rub, or break into pieces’
Latin fricō ‘to rub’
Latin affricō ‘to rub on or against something’
Every English word from Latin affricātus
Today it means
noun A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin affricātus / affricate